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Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804 - 1891)
Weber (unit of magnetic flux) — The weber is the magnetic flux that, linking a circuit of one turn, would produce in it an electromotive force of 1 volt if it were reduced to zero at a uniform rate in ...
Joseph C. Gayetty (1827 - 1890)
Joseph C. Gayetty was an American inventor credited with the invention of commercial toilet paper. It was the first and remained only one of the few commercial toilet papers from 1857 to 1890 remaini...
John Louis Moone (1819 - 1892)
John Louis Moone came with his wife Jane Moon (Pope) of 3 years to the city of St. Louis, Missouri in 1845. He was a mechanical engineer and mathematician who was an early inventor and technical innova...
Silas Lamson (c.1778 - 1855)
Reference: Full text "Descendants of William Lamson of Ipswich, Mass 1634-1917" by Dr. William Judson Lamson, M.D. p 153-154 377 Silas /6 Lamson (Nathaniel /5, Thomas /4, Thomas /3, John /2, William /1...
Josiah Kendall Proctor (1848 - 1920)
History of Proctor-Silex, 1788 to 1972 By Arthur L. Redstone PART I - JAMES SMITH CO. - 1788-1883 Eventually, management had to realize the urgency of reversing this decline. Then in 1878, the burn...

Inventors are people who invent unique or novel devices, methods, compositions, processes or discoveries.

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Dr. Andre Cipriani, pioneered the development of the Cobalt-60 Therapy units which are used for the treatment of cancer and occupational radiation protection.